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C. C. JOHNSON.

MOP.

Patented July Z6, 1887.

wf/won IllliAAI/(unm. /annnnnnnnnunlvrllula ATTORNEY UNTTED STATES PATENT Tries CHARLES C. JOHNSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY H. MASON, OF SAME PLACE.

MOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,045, dated July 26, 1887. Application tiled August 13, 1886. Serial No. 20.7:7. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. JOHNSON, of Springfield, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Mops, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in mops which are supplied with appliances for wringing the mop-cloth; and the invention consists of a combined mop and wringing device, such as is herein particularly described, shown, and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, partly sectional, of my combined mop and wringer. Fig. 2 is a section in the line a: a, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a section in the line yy, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a detail view of movable jaw C; Fig. 5, a detail view of the center of the fixed jaw A, Fig. 6, a detail view of the ends of the arms 'L' and k as first formed.

Similar letters .of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

Mops of the same general character as the one about to be described have heretofore been patented, and it is therefore not claimed that this invention is other than an improvement upon similar contrivances which are well known.

The mop-head is composed of a fixed jaw, A, which forms one side of a frame, A', made integral with a short tubular neck, B, and of a movablejaw, C, which slides upon the sides a and Z) of the frame A as guides, and which is operated by a winged nut, D. In the side c ofthe frame A is an opening, at d, through which passes into the interior of t-he neck B the stem e of the movable jaw C, which stem is of the form shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and has formed on its edges sectional screw-threads, as at f. The neck B is reduced in size near the frame A, and at this point slots g and h are made, through which project the screw-threadsf of the stem e when the latter is inserted in the neck B. The nut D consists of two pieces, which are riveted or otherwise fastened together about the neck B, and which are provided with threads which correspond with those of the stem e, that project through the slotsg and 7L, and which mesh into those threads. The nut D fits snugly enough around the neck B when the latter is reduced in size to prevent the nut from sliding out ofthe position in which it is secured. The arms and k of the movable jaw C are notched at their ends, so as to cause them to be retained in place by the guides a and b.

To facilitate the adjustment of thejaw C in the frame A, the notches in the arms z' and k may be formed by shaping the ends of the arms asshown in Fig. 6, and upon placing the jaw C in its proper position in the frame A the part o may be bent over to complete the notch. This result can readily be effected when these parts are made of malleable iron, which is the material designed to be employed in the man ufacture of this mop-head. The fixed jaw A is divided into two parts at its center, which are given the shape shown in Fig. 5.

The construction of this mop, so far as it has now been set forth, differs only with respect to the opening in the fixed jaw A and the spaces i' and s in the stem of the movable jaw C from that of the mop-head which forms the subject of a separate application filed by me on the same date as this, and therefore I make no claim iu the present application for this portion of the device, excepting when taken in connection with the other parts yet to be explained.

The mop-head above described is rigidly secured to one end of a tube, E, of suitable dimensions, by uniting with the tube the neck B. In this tube is inserted the lower end of the haft F, which ordinarily occupies the po` sition shown in Fig. 1v. To this end of the haft is fixed a rod, G, which passes down through the tube E, the neck B, the spaces fr and s in the jaw C, and the opening in the xed jaw A, and terminates in a ring, t,whioh is fashioned to lie in the recess prepared to receive it at p. A spring, o, locks the haft in the position in which it appears in Fig. l.

This completes the description of my device. The mop-cloth is attached to it by placing the ends of the cloth, which should be slit to permit them to pass on both sides of the rod G, between the jaws A and C, which can be sepa- IOO rated and brought together at pleasure by turning the nut D and there clamping the ends firmly. To remove the cloth the pressure of the jaw C upon it is relaxed and the Y ythe same way as an ordinary mop which does not possess a wringing attachment. n To operate the Wringer, the spring v is pressed in and the haft F pushed into the tube E till the ring t of the :rod G rests in the fold vat the bottom of the niopcloth, when the haft is revolved with one hand, while the tube is held still with the other, and the cloth is twisted by the`rod G, so that the water in the cloth is wrung out of it. The haft can then be drawn ont ofthe tube again and locked in its usual place by the spring, leaving the mopready forvfurther use.

Patent, isf- 12 v i 367,045Y

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters A perforated fixed jaw, A, integral with a tubular neck, a T- shaped movable jaw with au opening longitudinally through its stem, and means for .operating the same, a tube, E, attached to the-tubular neck, a haft, F, provided with a spring, o, and a rod, G, extending from the end ofthe haft through the tube E, the tubular neck, the opening in the'stenu of the movable jaw, and the perforation in the fixed jaw and terminating in a ring, substantially as and for the purpose described.

. CHARLES C. JOHNSON.

In presence of-' i G. M. PLYMPTON, D. A. CARPENTER. 

